St. Louis Blues defencemen Robert Bortuzzo has been suspended for four games, the NHL's department of player safety announced on Sunday.

Bortuzzo delivered the hit on a scrum in front of the Blues' net in the first period by cross-checking Viktor Arvidsson into the net. As the Nashville Predators forward got to his feet, Bortuzzo delivered another shot to Arvidsson, forcing him to leave the game with a lower-body injury. Bortuzzo was handed a two-minute minor for the hit.

Hours before the discipline was handed down, the Predators announced that Arvidsson would miss the next four-to-six weeks with a lower-body injury as a result of the cross-check.

After the game, Predators head coach Peter Laviolette called the play "dirty." 

Nashville went on to win the game 4-2.